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Many of the people who come along to our project management training are involved in change management projects. Early in project management courses I ask for typical project management problems. An analysis of these project problems shows just over 50% of them are problems around people: • we cannot get them ‘on board’ • reliance on an unreliable resource • cannot … Read More >

Who goes on to training courses in your company? Is it those who want to go in order to develop their skills? Is it those who are identified as needing training or is there no overall approach to selecting individuals? Training is expensive! The payoff from it can be many times the cost however I wonder how many companies take … Read More >

I have run many project management courses and I take a practical approach to training; ensuring that individuals are engaged in a wide range of activities that are thoroughly de-briefed. Courses often follow a pattern e.g. where there is more energy or where the activity generates a lot of questions about the activity or about project management. There is one … Read More >

Many people use stages to organise their projects. These stages provide a great vision for the project and provide the building blocks to success. When I ask people on our project management courses what happens at the end of each stage I frequently get a shrug of the shoulders and the comment; “We move onto the next stage!” Rarely do … Read More >

He arrived late, around 45 minutes late to be precise. He had been waiting in a traffic queue caused because 3 cars were involved in a serious accident. He was sweating and looked glad to be in the training room. I offered him some coffee which he accepted and quietly sat down. I mentioned to him we were at that … Read More >

I have often said that simply sending anyone on a project management training course (this can be to attain specific qualification or to develop skills) will not in itself make them a better project manager. Clearly, the course will help but developing people to be proficient in project management is a long term process and needs to be continued beyond … Read More >